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On Prophecy and Democracy

Prophecy and democracy are both necessary, and each has its own dangers. While the power of prophets is important--perhaps indispensable--in confronting not only the unbridled power of governments or corporations, but also corruption and its handmaiden, wealth, it must be the responsibility of democracy, basic democracy, to set policy and seek solutions. "Vox populi vox dei / the voice of the people is the voice of God"--in its plodding complexity and procedural inefficiencies--that is the only path we have from here to justice.